Acland is a small town north of Oakey, on the
Darling Downs, 160 kilometres (100 mi) west of
Queensland's state capital, Brisbane. Acland is
within the local government area of oowoomba
Region. At the 2011 census, Acland had a
population of 208.

Originally built to support what would become
Queensland's oldest continuously worked coal
mine, Acland had a population of between
200 and 400 prior to the mine being shut down
in 1984. In 2008 almost all properties
comprising Acland were purchased by the
new mine operators with the intention that they
be demolished as the open cut mine expands
into the town site.

Acland lies north of Oakey, on the Darling
Downs, 160 kilometres (100 mi) west of
Queensland's state capital, Brisbane. Originally
known as Lagoon Creek, it lies in pasture
country where there has been some dairy
farming, horse breeding and coal mining.